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Old Oct 28, 2013 | 07:21 AM
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ala_xfire
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Default Re: Lower Intake Temps

The larger volume of air you move through the intake, the more you will overcome the engine heat soak on the plumbing.
At 140, you would probably be within 4-5 degrees above ambient .....

I tried an experiment yesterday : I boxed in the air filter in front of the radiator with cardboard to ensure it wasn't sucking heated air from the face of the radiator. I drove 30 or so miles and saw absolutely NO difference in the ambient / IAT ratio than without the cardboard dam.
This tells me that ambient air is indeed entering the system, but the plumbing ( single NW CAI in my case ) is heating it up between the air filter and the IAT sensor. ( I removed the cardboard )
 
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